Once you have all dependencies met, the compilation is straight-forward with the bundled build.sh script in the utils/ directory of the distribution.

The script needs the codebase for which the building is targeted, you must provide it with one of the following values or aliases:

Value

Alias

Server

innodb51

plugin

build against InnoDB plugin in MySQL 5.1

innodb55

5.5

build against InnoDB in MySQL 5.5

xtradb51

xtradb

build against Percona Server with XtraDB 5.1

xtradb55

xtradb55

build against Percona Server with XtraDB 5.5

innodb56

5.6

build against InnoDB in MySQL 5.6

Note that the script must be executed from the base directory of Percona XtraBackup sources, and that directory must contain the packages with the source code of the codebase selected. This may appear cumbersome, but if the variable AUTO_LOAD="yes" is set, the build.sh script will download all the source code needed for the build.

Note

The exact versions expected by build.sh script should be used. Changing the version info in build.sh to have it build against a different server version is not supported.

At the base directory of the downloaded source code, if you execute

$ AUTO_DOWNLOAD="yes" ./utils/build.sh xtradb

In case you’re not able to use AUTO_DOWNLOAD="yes" option, sources can be downloaded manually for each release:

After the build has finished Percona XtraBackup will be ready to be used. The xtrabackup binary will be located in the percona-xtrabackup/src subdirectory.

After this you’ll need to copy innobackupex (in the root folder used to retrieve Percona XtraBackup) and the corresponding xtrabackup binary (in the src folder) to some directory listed in the PATH environment variable, e.g. /usr/bin.

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